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Brazil

Rio state: police death toll for 2017 hits 100

Police death toll for 2017 in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro reaches 100

France

Ex anti-drug chief accused of trafficking

Once head of France's anti-drugs squad, Francois Thierry now stands accused of belonging to the ranks of those he used to work against.

Spain

Josep Lluís Trapero, the very Catalan police chief who emerged as a global celebrity

As well as successfully eliminating terror cell, Trapero won acclaim for press conference performances.

Denmark

Murder charges expected in submarine death

Prosecutors in Kim Wall's death are now expected to charge inventor Peter Madsen with murder when he appears in court in September.

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Spain

Fourth suspect in Spain attacks granted conditional release - court

Italy

Refugees and riot police clash in Rome

Migrants were protesting their eviction from a nearby office building, where they had been squatting for five years

Finland

Finland: two dead and six hurt in Turku knife attack

Several people were stabbed in a main square in the southwestern city. Police say a suspect was arrested after a shootout.

Philippines

Teen slain in Philippines' drug war

Police in The Philippines are under pressure to explain the killing of a teenager after the 17-year-old became one of the latest victims in the country's crackdown on drugs and crime.

United Kingdom

Police make arrest over jogger pushing woman into path of bus

United Kingdom

London jogger pushes woman into path of bus

Video released by the UK's Metropolitan Police shows the moment a London jogger pushed a woman into the path of an oncoming bus.

Venezuela

UN condemns Venezuela's "widspread and systematic" violence against protesters

In the wake of the last month's controversial Constituent Assembly elections, UN accuses the Venezuelan goverment of human rights violations

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Lucky escape for police officer hit by drunk driver

A police officer in Texas escapes unharmed after a drunk driver crashes into him in Fort Worth as he pulls over another driver for a traffic stop

Romania

In Romania, cigarette smuggling is a tough habit to quit

Smuggling cigarettes is big business in Romania.

Canada

CCTV captures moment of deadly gun attack at Toronto bar

The 'brazen' shooting left one man dead.

World News

Airport security boosted in Australia over alleged bomb plot

Security has been stepped up at airports across Australia after police said they foiled a plot for a bomb attack on a plane

United Kingdom

Burglar foiled by police after driving into heavy traffic

A burglar made an unsuccessful attempt at a getaway after he became stuck in traffic near Birmingham.

Germany

Exclusive: Video shows Hamburg knife attacker after capture

Germany

Exclusive: Eyewitness films capture of Hamburg supermarket attacker

One person is dead and four others injured after a knife attack in a supermarket in the German city of Hamburg

Morocco

Spanish policeman strikes armed attacker with bollard

In an incident which saw the man attack police, slightly wounding one, an officer's quick thinking ensured that the assailant was quickly detained.

Spain

Spanish police subdue 'Allahu Akbar' attacker with traffic bollard

Spanish police subdue 'Allahu Akbar' attacker with traffic bollard